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YC's got a new bike

Don't panic, the SV is here to stay...

I was after another bike to be a bit better on juice and consumables than the SV, it needed to be small and light, possibly even of the muddy persuasion, cheap to insure, did I mention cheap? etc. So I got to looking at XLR250s, DR350s, even superdreams and other such plodders.

Then I bought this pristine, svelte example of lightweight precision engineering:
Can ya tell what it is yet?

P.S I know the morlock-esque underdwelling dinosaurs and super-geeks of infinite wisdom will get that in about 0.2s, leave off and let the young uns have a guess!!

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/1831/image011xy.jpg

Re: YC's got a new bike

Its an inline 4 cyclinder, would it be an early 70's Honda. Classic little number maybe ?

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Looks like a heap of cr@p!

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Originally Posted by lukemillar (Post 2496467)

Looks like a heap of cr@p!

+1

Does it have wheels and everything?

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Looks like a zed to me.

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Our vote is for either Yamaha or Suzuki.

Yammy XS or Suzi GSX?

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Can't make up my mind, by the look of it it's either Massey Ferguson or John Deere...

;)

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Guessing there`s a word starting with "S" under your hand in the photo but not Suzuki ;)

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I Know !!!! :D its a beauty lol :p...... but only becuase I had the pleasure of YC's company yesterday.
So let the guessing continue ......................

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Originally Posted by 454697819 (Post 2496503)

bandit 400..

Exactly what I was going to say. But it's just a wild guess tbh. I can't really tell at all from that photo lol.

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Some people are close

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Originally Posted by GMS (Post 2496487)

Guessing there`s a word starting with "S" under your hand in the photo but not Suzuki ;)

Nope!

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Suzuki Kantana 650..

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I'm going to keep stum as I have rough idea what it is now.

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It's definitely a Yamaha, as you say it's a shaftie the possibilities are reduced, but I don't think it's an XJ900, so I'll go with XJ650.

Maybe.

How did I do?

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An XJ of some description?...or perhaps a midnight special, cause we all knows you love cruisers :0)

I've seen enough Yamahas to know their casings, looks suspiciously Yammy but gammy to me!

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but will it have some plastic guttering gaffer taped on it for the next 3yrs

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You told me on Thursday so not telling.
Real impressed with how you detailed the frame so quick & so perfectly!

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Not a scooby doo - Its defo got some metal and an engine involved somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Owenski (Post 2496586)

Not a scooby doo - Its defo got some metal and an engine involved somewhere.

we talking mental then..

Yamaha 900 with NOS and a turbo :lol:

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Originally Posted by Sid Squid (Post 2496559)

but I don't think it's an XJ900,

Why not? Cos that's what it is

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hahahhaahhahaha this I gotta see!

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haha

is this for resto or as a souped up hack?

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I just found a website for YC to get new ideas for his new steed

http://www.ratbike.org/pages/413ace02_yamaha.rat

read what he coul potentially use it for!